ב-12 בספטמבר, העצרת הכללית של האו”ם בהובלת צרפת וערב הסעודית אישרה הצעה שמתייחסת ל”יישום פתרון שתי המדינות בסכסוך הישראלי-פלסטיני”. ההצעה אושרה ברוב גדול: 142 מדינות תמכו בה, 10 התנגדו ו-12 נמנעו. גם אם ההחלטה סימבולית בעיקרה, אי אפשר שלא לתהות מדוע קבוצות סטודנטיםפרו-פלסטיניות מחו”ל כדוגמת ‘סטודנטים למען צדק בפלסטין’ (SJP), ‘קול יהודי לשלום’ (JVP) ו‘תנועת הצעירים הפלסטינים’ (PYM) לא פרסמו שום הודעת תמיכה או שמחה. לכאורה ההחלטה אמורה...
Anti-Israel mob blocks students from attending UCL event
Several students were blocked from attending a University College London (UCL) event on Jewish history after an anti-Israel mob “besieged a campus building”. A group of activists wearing keffiyehs and waving Palestinian flags stormed the building last Friday afternoon, chanting “Zionism off campus” and “Crush the Zionist settler state”. Masked demonstrators gathered in...
Human rights or hate? The crisis of the anti-Israel movement
With the legitimacy of the Palestinian anti-Israel movement sweeping across universities in the West and a tentative ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas now reached, the underlying question still remains: Are they fighting for Palestinian human and civil rights or against those same Jewish rights in Israel? For the...
A Jewish Perspective on Fetterman, McCormick Letters
Late last month, Pennsylvania U.S. Senators John Fetterman (D) and David McCormick (R) released joint letters addressed to the presidents of five large universities within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Lehigh University, Penn State University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh and Temple University. Together, the Senators urged the universities to...
CAMERA Unites Its Social Media Presence Under One Voice
CAMERA is proud to announce that our social media accounts are being unified under one name: @CAMERA4Truth, bringing together the full range of CAMERA’s work in one place across all major platforms. This consolidation means you’ll now find everything CAMERA produces, from our in-depth analyses of global media coverage to educational resources that counter...
Hiding Behind Lies: The SJP Agenda at Mizzou
While the Israel-Hamas ceasefire has brought hope to Jewish students like me this week, I wish I could say similar progress toward civil discourse and peace is being made at the University of Missouri. Despite our concerted efforts to hold discussions and draw attention to the facts of the matter,...
Survivors of Oct. 7 Attacks to Tell Their Stories on U.S. Campuses
Through CAMERA on Campus’s #FaceTheTruth campaign, students will hear first-hand accounts and confront misinformation about Israel. (Boston) – Two years after the Hamas-led assault on Israel that killed about 1,200 people, wounded thousands and left 251 taken hostage, a student advocacy organization is trying to make sure the events of...
Israel’s Academic Community Under Siege
A slightly edited version appeared in the Algemeiner While foreign activist groups drive much of the global push to isolate Israeli universities, some of the movement’s legitimacy is supplied from within. A segment of Israeli academics actively supports or collaborates with boycott campaigns either out of genuine conviction that Israel...
